Washbasin and sink for automobiles



W. H. ELSEY WASH BASIN AND S INK FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Dec. 5, 1929 INVENTOR. WAL TE M EL 5 EV A TTORNEYS.

' 2 tor"the di'ain pipe.v '25 ranged in close proximity t'o the engine and is the I usual internal combustion engine 10 2 is the p'i'ovisionlof novelmeans for connectse'ction or casing 16having rigid-1y connected Patenteolfl icto 21 1930" I it I p i v a ApplicationfiledpDeceinbei 5,1929, Serial No. 411,338. This invention appertains to motor ve- P I'OYBCl: device incorporated: therewith the hides and more partlcularlyto a novelq-at- TlQVICQlDQlHg' shown in side elevation. tachment or accessory therefor; V I F1gure"2 is an enlarged vertical section One of the primary ob ects ofmymvent ll'Ollghi the washbasin per se showlng the tion is to provide'a novelwash basin. associcoverv in its close'd'position.

ated with a motor vehicle whereby the'drive'r Figure 3 isa view similar to Figure 2show of the Vehi'cleor passengers may conveniently mg the COVGT'lIl its open position formingwash their hands before leavlng'the' vehlcle the receptacle fo thewa ter, and

when making a call or the like. 1 Figure 4 is a top plan view of theiwash i I -10 Another important object of my invention 'basinwith'thecover in'its open position forn y is the provision of novel means for support-,, ingthe r eceptacle forthe water. Y ring the wash basin in the'r'notor vehicle Where 'Refefring to the drawings in'detaihwhei'eby the same may be readily and easily moved in similar reference'characters designate corto an inoperative position out of theway and responding partsithi'oughout the seveia'] 7 15 to an operative position convenient for use. views, rtheletter lA. generally indicates my Afur'th'er object of my invention is the improved'device and B a motofvehiclewith; provisionbt a. novel closure for the bowl Which the same .is incorporated, i I

"which when in its open operative position The motor vehicle B can'befof anygtype forms the rece tacl'e for the water and'a 'sto or make such as-anl automobilebus tourin it further object ofmy invention is the cludesthe body ohaving thefus u'alfootboai'd provisionof novel means for supplying-water f6,"the front dash board 7,, and the dependingj to the wash basin, said means embodying a instrument board 8 extending from thecow li painoftanks,one of which is preferably ar-v 9. Arranged'forwardly oflthe dashboard' 7 Y exhaust pipe, whereby thewater will-be he'athaving an exhaust pipe 1 l.'f i M n c p ed and thus allowing these rvin'g of both hot My' improved device A'comprises awash and cold water to the basin. v f-basinfs tructnre per se15, which embodies a Aim-theirimportant'object ofmyoinvention substantially semi-spherical hollow bottom ing the tank .with'the wash basin,- whereby to the 'lOWeIi end thereofand communicating the vwashbasin canhei'eadily niovedto its 013- therewitha depending drain pipe-17. A sube 'ative'oir. inoperative positionwithout disstantially hollow semi-spherical cover or uptarbinpj the tank in anyway. per section 18' is provided for thelower sec ii still further object of my invention is to tion or casing"15 j'and"(is;1provided with pivot )i'ov'ide an improved wash basin accessor earsi' l9{a't'0 o site diametric oints forthe l sedan or the like,'and asshown, the, samegin- 'Z for motor vehiclesof the above character, rece tionof iijvot ins 20' which ivot-all 1 P p P l P y which will be durable and eiiicient in use, one connect thejsaid cover to the casingl l6, This that will he slmple and easy to manufacture, permits the cover 18 to be swung into the 1. and one which can be placed upon the market casing, 16 to "form a bowl or receptacle and and incorporated with a conventional motor to be "swung over the casing to form; a (:10 hicle at a small cost. 7 'surecovei thei efor'. @The'casing. 16 adjace nt,

' With these and otherobjects in View, the 'toits upper edge-is piovided with aii'inward-v invention consists in the novelconstruction, 'lydirected stop 1u'gf21 on which the'cover v i .6445 az'rangelnent and formation of parts, as will is adapted to rest whenthe' same is inits 9 be hereinafter 'more' specifically described, r V I claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying"ofthe-drawingsx I V i V diawings, in which drawings:- @To maintain the cover" in itsyr'aised posi Figure 1 is a fragment-a rylongitudinal sectionlprovide' a resilient latch 22;, which is faisedposition, as shown in Figui es l and 2, w f i 0 tion through .a motorvehicle showing my i1nadapted to engage undenthe'edge of the cover iv at a point opposite to'the lug 21. When it is desired to lowerthe cover into the casing 16to form the bowl, the latch 22 is pulled outward and the cover rotated to its lowered position on the pivot 20. It is to be noted that when the cover is in itslowered position that the same overlies the drain pipel'? and the water flowing into the same is re-r tained therein. 'As the cover is swung to its raised position :the water flows and drains therefrom'into the casing. 16 and-then out. thedrain pipe. If preferred, thedrain pipe 'canalso be provided with a control valve 23. V The basinis adapted to be moved to an in- I operative out of the way'position; offthe driver when not in use and isadapted to be pulled outward to1a convenient position to be used; To support the basin I provide an extensible bracket 2401' the lazy-tongstype and the inner end of this bracket isbolted or secured by-means of a base plate 25 to the" dashboard 7 Theopposite end of thebracks et 24 is connected tothe drain pipe 17 'by the use of a suitable split clamp or: the .like126.=

Bythis arrangement, it can be seen that the (basin can be pushed inward under the instrument ,board 8 out of thejway and substantiallyout of sight and that'when it is reache of the drawings.

2 The casing 1 6 dle 28.;so as to facilitate the moving of the basin to thedesired position.

desired toiuse the same the same can be pulled outward to a position to be conveniently ,as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 can be provided with thanin I accordance with my invention I provide oftanks and 31 to actvas reservoirs Zfor the water to be used in therbasin and the same are connected with the basin in a novel manner as will be later described;

By referring to Figure 1 of the drawings it is to be noted that the tank 30 is of a great- -.er size than the tank 31 and is 'securedzdr rectlyf over the engineand over the exhaust pipe 11 by means of a clamp 32 whereby the water therein can be. maintained at a warm temperature. The tank 31 constitutes a cold 1 water tank "an'disconnected to the tank 30 by means of a supporting bracket 33; Each l of the tanks isprovided with'an enlarged filling @neck 34: so that water can b'e readily ally" become soiled" 'Th'edrain pipe 17likewise hasconne'cted thereto a hose 42 which is extended to a suit able opening in the floorboard 6 'asshown, so as to permit the ready draining of the bowl out of the automobile.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I have provided a novel wash basin attachment for motor vehicles which is adaptsteering wheel.

ed to beacceptable to the driverjofthe vehicle due to the fact that the drivers hands generthrough the use of the Ch ngesindetails may be made without departingfrom the spirit or the scope of this invention; r

Nhatylcla-im as new is l, A washbasin comprisinga body having a drain pipe communicating with the lower end thereof, water inlet pipes communicating with the body'adjacent to the upper end there of, and a pivotedcover for said bodyadapted to normally overlie the body and to swing into saidbody over thedrain pipe and below the water inlet pipes to form abowl;

2. Awash-basin comprising a substantially sem -hollow spherical body, a dram pipe for the lower end of the body,iwater inlet pipes "for the upperend of the body, a substantially hollow semi spherical cover for the' body adapted to normally overlie the body,

body for swinging movement into the same 7 the cover being of a smaller size than the 7 over the drainpipe andbelow the water-in the covering being of. a smaller sizethanthe ion body for swingingmoveinent into the same over the-drain p pe and'below the water inlet pip'e,-and 1a releasable latch for normally holding the cover in its raised'position against swinginginovement; ,4 V

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placed therein, "lhetank 30'and the tank 1 31 is provided respectively with supply pipes '35 and 36 which lead through the dash board 7.; These pipes in turn have connected thereto rubber hoses or the'like137-and'38fand these hoses are connected tocontrol valves 89iand] 'tOjcommunicating'with the casingl16 adja v cent. to the npper edgethereof and'aboye the r cover 18'when thelsame is in its loweredposi- V tion,, whereby the water from thetankawill bepermitted to readily" fiow'intotheboWl formedby the cover. The flow of water through the bowl offlcourse, controlled by the:valvesw39viand 40u i WALTER n. ntsnjr; L 

